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    The SCR-270 was one of the first operational early-warning radars. It was the U.S. Army's primary long-distance radar throughout World War II and was...
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    reaching 1 MW in late-war upgrades. The German Freya and US CXAM (Navy) and SCR-270 (Army) were similar. Post-war models moved to the microwave range in ever-increasingly...
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  • On the morning of 7 December 1941 the SCR-270 radar at the Opana Radar Site on northern Oahu detected a large number of aircraft approaching from the...
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    SCR-268 searchlight and gun control SCR-270 mobile long range early warning, VHF SCR-271 fixed long range early warning, VHF SCR-277 Radio range SCR-289...
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    salvaged for the SCR-270 they were building. Nevertheless, the system entered production at Western Electric about the same time as the -270 in 1939. The...
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  • to accommodate the production of the then secret SCR-270 aircraft warning radar. In 1941, an SCR-270 radar detected the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor...
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    and 8-bay designs might increase this to 12 to 16 dB. The 32-element SCR-270 had a gain around 19.8 dB. Some very large reflective arrays have been...
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    Detachment (the planes were embarked on Saratoga); as well as an SCR-270 air search radar and an SCR-268 fire control radar for the 3-inch guns, and a large amount...
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  • the SCR-268 went into service, Harold Zahl was working at the SCL in developing a better system. The SCR-270 was the mobile version, and the SCR-271 a...
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    of the SCR-268 and SCR-270 Army radars. Just a few months after he retired (September 30, 1941), two Signal Corps soldiers — using an SCR-270 radar at...
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    similar to their own existing Chain Home, the Navy's CXAM and the Army's SCR-270. This began to break the ice between the two groups. Two previous attempts...
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    of the Coral Sea. The US Army's first non-prototype radar system, the SCR-270, was developed in parallel with the CXAM. CXAM First version, six produced...
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    the auroras was done in 1949 by the University of Saskatchewan using the SCR-270 radar. The altitudes where auroral emissions occur were revealed by Carl...
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    term used to designate radio sets SCR (Signal Corps Radio)-268 and SCR-270 and similar equipment". The SCR-268 and 270 were not radios at all, but were...
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    Radar Reaches the Moon". Retrieved July 13, 2022. "Army Radar: SCR-268, SCR-270 & SCR-271". Camp Evans — Wall, New Jersey. CampEvans.org. January 3, 2004...
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    The main Soviet air-defense radar in the 1950s was the American-supplied SCR-270, or locally made copies, which were only effective up to 40,000 ft (12...
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    Operating Truck for the SCR-270, an early-warning radar of World War II. 2) 3) 4) Similar vehicles were the K-31 power truck for the SCR-270 early warning radar...
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    the first wave approached Oahu, it was detected by United States Army SCR-270 radar positioned at Opana Point near the island's northern tip. This post...
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    Chain Home and Chain Home Low Würzburg radar Hohentwiel radar H2S radar SCR-270 radar ITU (2020). "Chapter I – Terminology and technical characteristics"...
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    chassis, with van bodies by York-Hoover—607 were built for use of the SCR-270 early warning radar system by the U.S. Signal Corps. As part of the same...
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    SCR-268 entered service, it had been greatly improved. In a project led by Major (Dr.) Harold A. Zahl, two new configurations evolved – the SCR-270 (mobile)...
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    site of the US's first operationally deployed early warning radar when an SCR-270 was installed there in 1941. The fort contained the following batteries...
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    that an SCR-270 and two SCR-271s were already in transit to the Philippines by ship for use by the air warning company, with three more SCR-270s to follow...
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    utilized five outlying sites and a control center. They operated the SCR-270, SCR-527 and SCR-602 during this time while training at MCAS Mojave. They worked...
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  • headquarters of the 1st Separate Marine Battalion, the detachment operated an SCR-270 long range radar on the Bataan Peninsula for the duration of the Battle...
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    for long-range aircraft detection, the mobile SCR-270 and the fixed SCR-271. Both the SCR-270 and the SCR-271 had a range of 120 miles and constituted...
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    U8144 truck with York-Hoover van body, was used as the power truck for the SCR-270, an early warning radar of World War II. The power it delivered to the...
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    K-65 trailer, house, SCR-270 G-700 trailer 5-ton K-76 trailer, K-77 trailer, for SCR-527 G-701 semitrailer 6-ton, K-67 trailer, SCR-547 antenna mount G-702...
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    provided No 52 Radar Unit in March 1943 with GCI radar, which (unlike the SCR 270 radar) could provide altitudes of approaching enemy planes. Henderson Field...
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    signal.army.mil/ocos/museum/equipment.asp Fort Gordon Museum, SCR and BC list k-13/k-14 trailers http://www.tpub.com/content/radar/TM-11-487C-1/index...
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